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Charlie Bishop

Charles Tuller Bishop

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: January 1, 1924 in Atlanta, GA
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1942. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 22, 1952
Team: Athletics 1952-1955

Final Game: May 7, 1955
Died: July 5, 1993 in Lawrenceville, GA
Buried: White Chapel Memorial Gardens, Duluth, GA
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1942	18	STL-min	D	0	6	.000	7.12	7						48.0	53	50	38		31								1.750	9.9		5.8			JOH · APPY
1943	19	STL-min	D	10	8	.556	3.72	25	18					133.0	101	66	55		102								1.526	6.8		6.9			JAM · PONY
1946	22	STL-min	D,C,A	10	6	.625	2.18	24						165.0	134	91	40		101								1.424	7.3		5.5			ABY,WSM,CBS · GAFL,CARL,SALL
1947	23	STL-min	A	6	8	.429	4.12	28						153.0	159	112	70		107								1.739	9.4		6.3			OMA · WL
1948	24	STL-min	B	13	9	.591	2.64	29						191.0	133	77	56		137								1.414	6.3		6.5			LBG · PIED
1949	25	STL-min	B,A	11	10	.524	3.19	26						161.0	142	106	57		152								1.826	7.9		8.5			LBG,CBS · PIED,SALL
1950	26	SFG-min	A	16	9	.640	4.09	32						222.0	186	121	101	15	142								1.477	7.5	0.6	5.8			SXC · WL
1951	27	SFG-min	A,AAA	4	14	.222	5.74	26	12		3	1		105.0	113	72	67		74		49	4	0	4			1.781	9.7		6.3	4.2	0.66	OLD,JCK,OTT · PCL,SALL,IL
1952	28	OAK-min	AAA	12	10	.545	3.64	27	25		13	4		193.0	170	89	78		84		116	3	0	4			1.316	7.9		3.9	5.4	1.38	OTT · IL
1952	28	PHA	AL	2	2	.500	6.46	6	5	1	1	0	0	30.2	29	24	22	2	24		17	0	0	1	148	62	1.728	8.5	0.6	7.0	5.0	0.71
1953	29	PHA	AL	3	14	.176	5.66	39	20	11	1	1	2	160.2	174	106	101	15	86		66	5	0	5	720	76	1.618	9.7	0.8	4.8	3.7	0.77
1954	30	OAK-min	AAA	4	4	.500	6.98	14	11		2	0		80.0	103	69	62	8	53		31	1	0	9			1.950	11.6	0.9	6.0	3.5	0.58	OTT · IL
1954	30	PHA	AL	4	6	.400	4.41	20	12	4	4	0	1	96.0	98	49	47	10	50		34	5	0	0	427	89	1.542	9.2	0.9	4.7	3.2	0.68
1955	31	SDG	Opn	7	8	.467	3.87	23	14		5	0		107.0	108	51	46	8	42		38	1	1	3			1.402	9.1	0.7	3.5	3.2	0.90	SDG · PCL
1955	31	KCA	AL	1	0	1.000	5.40	4	0	2	0	0	0	6.2	6	7	4	1	8	2	4	3	0	0	36	81	2.100	8.1	1.4	10.8	5.4	0.50
4 Yrs				10	22	.313	5.33	69	37	18	6	1	3	294.0	307	186	174	28	168	2	121	13	0	6	1331	78	1.616	9.4	0.9	5.1	3.7	0.72
162 Game Avg.				6	14	.313	5.33	44	24	12	4	1	2	189	197	119	112	18	108		78	8	0	4	854	78	1.616	9.4	0.9	5.1	3.7	0.72

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1952	28	PHA	AL	30.2	6	5	24	7.04	3.96	-0.10	107.6	4.37	-9	-0.9	.0	-0.0	-0.7	-7	.354	.495	$
1953	29	PHA	AL	160.2	39	20	106	5.94	4.55	-0.22	106.8	5.09	-15	-1.6	1.8	-0.3	-0.6	-1	.460	.490	$
1954	30	PHA	AL	95.0	20	12	49	4.64	4.33	-0.34	102.9	4.80	2	0.2	.9	-0.1	0.8	10	.510	.501	$
1955	31	KCA	AL	6.2	4	0	7	9.45	4.83	-0.25	106.1	5.40	-3	-0.3	.7	0.0	-0.2	-2	.425	.498	$
4 Seasons				293.0	69	37	186	5.71	4.42	-0.25	105.6	4.93	-26	-2.5	1.4	-0.4	-0.7	0	.463	.496	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE
1952	28	PHA	AL	6	148	122	24	29	9	0	2	0	1	24	17	.238	.363	.361	.724	.262	44	1	0	2	0		4
1953	29	PHA	AL	39	689	611	106	174	34	6	15	5	9	86	66	.285	.377	.434	.811	.300	265	13	5	14	0		7
1954	30	PHA	AL	20	400	353	49	98	16	0	10	4	3	50	34	.278	.371	.408	.779	.281	144	6	5	11	4		2
1955	31	KCA	AL	4	35	23	7	6	2	0	1	1	0	8	4	.261	.486	.478	.964	.263	11	1	3	1	1	2	0
4 Yrs				69	1272	1109	186	307	61	6	28	10	13	168	121	.277	.377	.418	.795	.289	464	21	13	28	5	2	13
162 Game Avg.				44	816	711	119	197	39	4	18	6	8	108	78	.277	.377	.418	.795	.289	298	13	8	18	3		8
MLB Averages																.259	.332	.383	.715	.275

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1952	28	PHA	AL	-7.3	-0.7	150	-0.8	2.1	-2.9	.98	-0.6	-0.2	-9.7	-0.9	0.98	-7.3	0	0	1
1953	29	PHA	AL	-19.8	-1.9	709	-2.0	12.2	-14.2	1.07	-1.8	-0.1	-18.6	-1.8	1.07	-18.5	8	2	8
1954	30	PHA	AL	-3.1	-0.3	408	-0.9	7.8	-8.7	1.20	-0.5	-0.2	-6.2	-0.6	1.20	-7.2	1	4	3
1955	31	KCA	AL	-1.8	-0.2	36	-0.1	0.2	-0.3	.50	-0.2	-0.0	-0.8	-0.1	0.50	-2.1	1	0	3
4 Yrs				-32.0	-3.1	1303	-3.8	22.3	-26.1	1.08	-3.1	-0.4	-35.2	-3.3	1.08	-35.1	10	6	15

Starting Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Wgs	Lgs	ND	Wchp	Ltuf	Wtm	Ltm	tmW-L%	Wlst	Lsv	CG	SHO	QS	QS%	GmScA	Best	Wrst	BQR	BQS	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS
1952	28	PHA	AL	6	5	2	2	1	1	0	3	2	.600	0	1	1	0	1	20%	42.6	61	17	2	0	3	2	5.2	4.8	5.9
1953	29	PHA	AL	39	20	1	13	6	0	2	4	15	.211	4	2	1	1	6	30%	41.2	82	20	24	13	12	5	3.8	3.6	5.7
1954	30	PHA	AL	20	12	4	6	2	1	1	6	6	.500	0	0	4	0	4	33%	45.5	79	19	11	3	8	2	3.9	3.7	6.6
3 Yrs				65	37	7	21	9	2	3	13	23	.361	4	3	6	1	11	30%	43	82	17	37	16	23	9	4.0	3.8	6.0
MLB Averages													.500						50%	51	118	-6					4.4	4.4	6.5

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1952	28	PHA	AL	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		8	.982	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	3.0
1953	29	PHA	AL	39	19	11	2	1	2	2	1	100%	4	2	23	7	30%	8	1.068	8	2	8	6	3	10	11	8	13	1	15	4	7.5
1954	30	PHA	AL	20	8	4	0	0	1	1	0	100%	2	1	9	5	56%	8	1.199	1	4	3	2	0	6	5	3	6	1	6	3	6.1
1955	31	KCA	AL	4	4	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	6	2	33%	3	.503	1	0	3	0	0	4	3	1	2	2	2	0	5.0
4 Yrs				69	32	18	3	1	3	3	1	100%	6	3	38	14	37%		1.084	10	6	15	8	3	21	19	13	21	4	23	7	6.7

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1952	28	PHA	AL	148	61%	1.4%	11.5%	16.2%	7.4%	38%	0.69	70%	42	1	2%
1953	29	PHA	AL	716	63%	2.2%	9.6%	12.5%	8.0%	32%	0.90	77%	160	13	8%
1954	30	PHA	AL	423	62%	2.5%	8.5%	12.5%	6.5%	27%	0.77	78%	90	6	7%
1955	31	KCA	AL	35	66%	2.9%	11.4%	22.9%	8.6%	50%	0.45	54%	7	1	14%
4 Yrs				1322	62%	2.2%	9.5%	13.2%	7.5%	31%	0.82	76%	299	21	7%
MLB Averages					51%	2.3%	11.9%	10.2%	6.7%	27%	0.95	83%			10%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
1952	28	PHA	AL	148	29			2	0	6	1	1	0	2	11	6	2	55%	4	1	0	74	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
1953	29	PHA	AL	689	174			15	0	20	9	5	6	8	45	30	2	67%	7	5	3	293	5	9	36%	4	6	1	2	0	1	2	0	11	27
1954	30	PHA	AL	400	98			10	1	8	6	3	8	1	15	10	2	67%	2	0	0	166	4	3	57%	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	23
1955	31	KCA	AL	35	6			1	0	6	0	1	1	0	7	3	0	43%	0	0	0	9	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
4 Yrs				1272	307			28	1	40	16	10	15	11	78	49	6	63%	13	6	3	542	10	13	43%	9	10	1	2	0	1	2	0	20	50
MLB Averages																		52%							54%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1952	28	2	2	.500	6.46	6	5	1	1	0	0	30.2	29	24	22	2	24		17	0	1	148	62	1.728	8.5	0.6	7.0	5.0	0.71	62
1953	29	5	16	.238	5.79	45	25	12	2	1	2	191.1	203	130	123	17	110		83	5	6	868	73	1.636	9.5	0.8	5.2	3.9	0.75	73
1954	30	9	22	.290	5.32	65	37	16	6	1	3	287.1	301	179	170	27	160		117	10	6	1295	78	1.604	9.4	0.8	5.0	3.7	0.73	78
1955	31	10	22	.313	5.33	69	37	18	6	1	3	294.0	307	186	174	28	168	2	121	13	6	1331	78	1.616	9.4	0.9	5.1	3.7	0.72	78

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1952	28	1	2	.333	6.27	33.0	30	26	23	2	25	18	0	1.667	8.2	6.8	4.9	0.72	0.5	6
1953	29	6	12	.333	5.39	162.0	175	108	97	15	86	67	5	1.611	9.7	4.8	3.7	0.78	0.8	39
1954	30	4	6	.400	4.64	95.0	103	54	49	11	53	34	5	1.642	9.8	5.0	3.2	0.64	1.0	20
1955	31	0	0		5.14	7.0	6	4	4	1	8	4	3	2.000	7.7	10.3	5.1	0.50	1.3	4
4 Yrs		11	20	.355	5.24	297.0	314	192	173	29	172	123	13	1.636	9.5		3.7	0.72	0.9	69

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Bases on Balls s c a p y 1953 AL 86 (10th)	Losses s c a p y 1953 AL 14 (4th)	Earned Runs s c a p y 1953 AL 101 (5th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1953 AL 86 (10th)

Losses s c a p y
1953 AL 14 (4th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1953 AL 101 (5th)

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